In addition, we should try to
understand other organisms «not only to understand our species but more firmly to secure its future».
Not exact matches
Essentially the model reproduces the inner workings of all of the proteins within the
organism and allows scientists to see everything from how cells interact with each
other to the functions of genes in a larger context that had not been previously
understood.
Complete certainty exists among essentially all biochemists that the
other characteristics of living
organisms (for example, selective permeability across all membranes, muscle contraction, and the hearing and memory process) will all be completely
understood in terms of the coordinative interactions of large and small molecules.2
Hence in opposition to Whitehead, at least as he
understands him, Leclerc advocates a modified Aristotelianism, according to which the subordinate entities within a physical
organism «act on each
other reciprocally, and are thus each modified, in some respect, by the relationship, that is, by their acting» (NPE 309).
Not only must one view the individual patient as an operating biological
organism, one must also seek to
understand both the environing medium for that person, which includes all
other persons with whom functional activity occurs, and the specific culture that to a large extent shapes the perceptual patterns by which that individual experiences the world.
If Jesus had said, «Follow me and you may suffer but you will be benefitting
others but
understand that you will die, rot and disappear just like every
organism on the planet — there ain't no heaven with safety and happiness awaiting my disciples for the Kingdom is now.»
Along with many
other researchers in the field, Gould's works were sometimes deliberately taken out of context by creationists as «proof» that scientists no longer
understood how
organisms evolved.
Whitehead's suggestion is that all entities whatsoever are
understood better as
organisms interacting with their environments (composed of
other organisms) than as self - enclosed entities passively shaped by external forces.
And it's also possible that with our better
understanding of how bacteria function as part of an environment with
other bacteria and with your host
organisms, that may represent a kind of relatively untouched set of potential vulnerabilities that we could take advantage of.
Testing silver nanoparticles on fish and
other organisms is an important step toward
understanding how they will interact in the human body.
But the development of Earth and of the
organisms that call it home are so inescapably intertwined, contends Earth scientist Robert Hazen, that you can't
understand one without the
other.
«
Understanding biomechanics can play a pivotal role in recreating motion in dinosaurs or any
other moving
organism.»
Venter is now paring down the genomes of
other organisms to «get a better
understanding of how much biological knowledge we are missing.»
«These new results from Dr. Liu and his colleagues also extend beyond
understanding the function of an anti-sense RNA in the fine tuning of a cell's daily rhythm; they provide an example of the means by which anti-sense transcription likely regulates
other key molecular and physiological processes in cells and
organisms.»
«Unlike any
other organism on the planet, we have foresight, we
understand what's happening, and we have science and technology.
There's a lot of attention right now on how neurons fire and interact with each
other, but the truth is, we don't even
understand how a brain develops — even in the most simple of
organisms like C. elegans, a worm with only 300 brain cells.
Dr Lighten added: «It is an important step forward in
understanding the evolutionary genetics of the immune system, and can help explain some of the puzzling observations observed in previous studies of many
other organisms.»
These new discoveries, which the scientists believe hold true for
other organisms with flagellated sperm, including humans, may lead, among
other things, toward an
understanding of why only a quarter of IVF pregnancies carry to term.
Others, like Wright, are working to
understand the
organism more completely, to direct the
organism to create fuels using light and carbon dioxide.
In order to
understand this contradiction, the research group led by Raúl Estévez and Alejandro Barrallo compared genetically - modified zebrafish and mice models — in
other words, knock - out
organisms that, in this case, do not express the gene MLC1 — with the brain biopsy from an MLC patient.
«The fruit fly is a well - known model
organism used to
understand human biology as it, like all
other living
organisms, has to fend off various viral infections.
A variation of this regulatory process, although less well
understood in detail, exists in
other cells and
organisms.
In the case of sequence data, metadata can encompass what
organism or cell was sequenced, where it came from, what it was doing, quality metrics, and a spectrum of
other characteristics that add value to the sequence data by providing context for it and enabling greater biological
understanding of the significance of the sequence.
These studies will provide new leads to
understand the cellular pathways that control K2P function in
other organisms.
«While it is important that we fully
understand the modification that we make to crops and
other genetically - modified
organisms, to ban GMOs completely will relegate countries to the dark ages of science.
Still, he said, the new data, «has important implications for
understanding the genesis of cancer and the interaction between human cells and
other microbial or viral
organisms in or around us.»
«It's really interesting to be embedded within the context of the Thomson lab and in the whole stem cell milieu, and
understanding how this axolotl might be employing the same pathways that are present in
other organisms — and possibly people,» Nelson says.
In
other organisms, such an
understanding is usually achieved by comparing the genomes of domesticated species and their wild relatives (4 ⇓ — 6), but this approach is not directly applicable to horses.
«As our
understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification was building up, we were able to broaden our focus from marine
organisms to communities and ecosystems, addressing ocean acidification in combination with
other environmental factors», says Professor Ulf Riebesell, marine biologist at GEOMAR and coordinator of BIOACID.
«Greater
understanding of these systems will be critical for any downstream work in altering or modifying the
organism and or complex, among
other things.»
Despite all of this progress, the current state of the art in sequence technology is far from generating a «perfect genome» sequence and much remains to be
understood in the biology of human and
other organisms» genomes.
Deciphering their function may prove key to
understanding what sets humans apart from
other organisms.
An international study to
understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and
other marine
organisms living in seas from the tropics to the p...
He played a vital role in annotating the genome sequences of human, mouse, chicken and several
other organisms; this work has had a profound impact on our
understanding of genomic biology.
Hunter is planning to attend medical school but said that the project gave him a greater
understanding of genetics and how
organisms are related to each
other.
Although the genomic sequence of T. brucei has been reported, many of the predicted proteins lack classifiable homology to known proteins in
other organisms, hindering efforts to
understand its biology and discover potential therapies.
The Ellison Medical Foundation supports basic biomedical research, with a current focus on
understanding how humans and
other organisms age, and on defining the fundamental biological mechanisms that prevent age - related diseases and disabilities.
Certainly a positive Ehrlichia patient reveals tick exposure and veterinarians should be sure dog owners
understand the possibility of comorbidity i.e. that
other tick transmitted
organisms Borrelia (Lyme), Babesia, Anaplasma, Bartonella, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever associated bacteria may also have infected their pets as many of the ticks that transmit Ehrlichia also carry and transmit these
organisms.
Certainly a positive Anaplasma patient reveals tick exposure and veterinarians should be sure dog owners
understand the possibility of comorbidity i.e. that
other tick transmitted
organisms Borrelia (Lyme), Babesia, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever associated bacteria may also have infected their pets as many of the ticks that transmit Anaplasma also carry and transmit these
organisms.
The mechanism by which metronidazole works to kill bacteria and
other susceptible
organisms is not completely
understood, but it does attack the DNA of the infecting agents.
The work as I
understand it, (I have little contact it, and my closest colleague in biofuels, Prof Alex Farrell, met an unexpected death last month) makes quite ao constrast with the Exxon $ $ to Stanford, as the BP funds really hope to pry loose a way to mimic the way plants or termites or
other organisms make sugars and alcohols or another form of usable biomass WITHOUT disrupting food, land water etc..
We review the extensive record of plant fossils before, at, and after the Cretaceous - Paleogene event horizons, recognizing that key differences between plants and
other organisms have important implications for
understanding the patterns of environmental change associated with the Cretaceous - Paleogene event.
Other uncertainties include imprecise
understandings of how complex ecosystems will respond to climate - and non-climate-induced changes and the extent to which
organisms may be able to adapt to a changing climate.
-- Andy Clark — «Perhaps we humans, and a great many
other organisms, too, are deploying a fundamental, thrifty, prediction - based strategy that husbands neural resources and (as a direct result) delivers perceiving,
understanding and imagining in a single package?»
• Good grasp of mathematics •
Understanding of scientific testing processes and rules • Knowledge of cells and
other animal or plant
organisms, and their interactions with each
other • MEDITECH software proficiency • Knowledge of chemistry • Natural curiosity and desire to discover answers to problems • Excellent work ethic • Ability to follow strict protocols and safe testing processes